junkyardjeff

There is going to be a change in direction on this build,I am going to build it as a roadster since the doors do not line up to the top so I have another kit to build the chopped top version after some modifications.

I have another 39 grille and hood so I think a standard sedan delivery will be in the future.

I am taking a AMT 36 Ford coupe and making a late 40s custom,I found a chopped 3 window top from the original 60s kit and using the flipper hubcaps and ribbed bumpers from the 40 sedan delivery kit. Going to keep the flathead in this build since I do not have a late 40s OHV motor to put in it,I have the optional Pontiac motor from this kit but too new for the period I am going for. Deep maroon if I can find any in a rattle can with a saddle interior.

I like it.

If I can ever hit the lottery I am going to build a real one.

One of these days I will have to learn how to use the foil and make them a little more detailed.

I built it using mostly AMT parts,used original 62 kit sedan fender assembly I got locally with unused sedan 39 hood and grille also from a 62 kit my cousin built and the coupe body and frame I got off ebay. Motor is a used 56 Ford Y block and took the hubcaps from the Revell 40 standard glue bomb.

It has paint

Very nice.

It snowed about 1 1/2 inches this morning and you would have thought no one had ever seen snow,I drive a 2wd truck with no weight in the back and had no problem.

Looks nice.

Looking good,I built one back in the early 70s and would like to build another.

I am working on one and using the chopped 3 window top from the original kit and the top does not fit very good where it meets the hood.

Forgot to take it to work with me this morning,I can not paint in the basement due to the humidity and probably not been able to at work with all the snow falling off the cars we worked on so it might be a few days before I can paint

Its in primer and will be in paint tomorrow.

I picked up a built Revell 40 standard I could do that to but it will be a couple years before I can begin to think about doing it.

I just barely seen them like that.

I thought I seen Mack that used a Ford C cab for one of their fire trucks.

I will definately watch this build,would love to build a chopped 40 custom.

The 71 and 72 AMXs had a roof that looked like they could have had a T top and the 73/74s had a flat roof,I think the regular Javelins in 71/72 also had the flat roof but its been many years since I really paid attention to them.

When I started to build in the late 60s and early 70s they were not in the kits I built,some had the slightly wider versions.

I have never seen these thin slicks before so I presume they are from the early to mid 60s.

The 39 hood I am using came from the original 62 kit and finally got some paint on it tonight after sitting around for 54 years.

A local small hobby shop buys up collections so I have been grabbing all the thin slicks that no one else gets since they work great on 30s and 40s cars where a tall tire is desired and no modifications are needed. I have been getting some that are soft too.

If its the same as on the box its a 72 ,the one I built ended up having 73/74 tail lights which disappointed me since I did have a real 72 AMX